Iraqi Constitution to Be Sent to U.N.

[Eugene]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5277061,00.html

Iraqi Constitution to Be Sent to U.N.


Wednesday September 14, 2005 9:16 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's draft constitution has been finalized and
will be sent to the United Nations to be printed, a leading Shiite
lawmaker said Wednesday.

"Today we accomplished the final amendments of the new constitution
and the final version has been presented to the United Nations to print
it and to be distributed to the Iraqi people," said Hussein
al-Shahristani, deputy speaker of the National Assembly.

Under an agreement with the government, the world body is supposed to
print and oversee the distribution of the document ahead of an Oct. 15
referendum on the charter.

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The Sunnis are unlikely to be appeased by the latest changes. They
have vehemently opposed the draft constitution citing a number of
points including federalism, references to Saddam Hussein's
Sunni-dominated party and the description of Iraq as a Muslim but
not Arab country.

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[malaise]

1. Time to loot big time n/t

[thebigidea]

2. I love how they use "Sunnis" as if it was one homogeneous group

simplifying racial/political groups is fun!

[teryang]

3. Here, print this for us.

What a meaningless gesture.

[sabra]

4. Iraqi Constitution To Be Sent To U.N. Printers

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/storiesNL.asp?whichpage=2&id=90167

Iraqi Constitution To Be Sent To U.N. Printers

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraq's draft constitution has been finalized and will be sent to the United Nations to be printed, a leading Shiite lawmaker said Wednesday.

``Today we accomplished the final amendments of the new constitution and the final version has been presented to the United Nations to print it and to be distributed to the Iraqi people,'' said Hussein al-Shahristani, deputy speaker of the National Assembly.

Under an agreement with the government, the world body is supposed to print and oversee the distribution of the document ahead of an Oct. 15 referendum on the charter.

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The Sunnis are unlikely to be appeased by the latest changes. They have vehemently opposed the draft constitution citing a number of points including federalism, references to Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated party and the description of Iraq as a Muslim but not Arab country.